Sec. 312. Automatic registration of eligible individuals
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In this section and section 313: The term automatic registration system means a system developed by a State that— except as provided in subparagraph (B), registers all newly naturalized individuals to vote in elections for Federal office conducted in such State by transferring the information necessary for voter registration from the Department of Homeland Security to the State voter registration database; and excludes from registration— any individual who affirmatively declines to be registered; and any individual who is determined to be ineligible for registration.
The term newly naturalized citizen means an individual who— has an approved application for naturalization as a United States citizen; has taken the oath described in section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1448 ); and has received a certificate of naturalization under section 338 of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1449 ). The term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security. The chief election official of each State shall establish and operate an automatic registration system for newly naturalized citizens to vote in elections for Federal office conducted in the State, in accordance with this section.
The chief election official of each State shall— upon receiving information from the Secretary about a newly naturalized citizen who has not declined voter registration— ensure that such individual fulfills any local or State qualifications to register to vote relating to legal competency and past criminal convictions; and determine whether such individual is subject to privacy protections for victims of domestic violence or people with sensitive or high-profile professions; not later than 15 days after receiving information from the Secretary about an individual pursuant to section 313, ensure that the individual is registered to vote in elections for Federal office conducted in the State unless the individual is disqualified from voting by reason of incompetency or past criminal conviction; not later than 45 days after receiving information from the Secretary about an individual pursuant to section 313, send written notice to the individual, in addition to other means of notice established under this section, of the individual’s voter registration status; and exclude from all public availability or disclosure the voter registration records of any newly naturalized citizens who are protected by applicable State or local laws that prevent publication of the home address and other personally identifying information about victims of domestic violence and people with sensitive or high-profile professions.
The written notice required under subsection (b)(2)(C) shall— indicate the individual has been registered to vote; describe the substantive qualifications of an elector in the State, as listed in the mail voter registration application form for elections for Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 9 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20508 ); set forth the consequences for false registration; instruct the individual to cancel his or her voter registration if he or she does not meet all of the qualifications referred to in paragraph (2); and providing instructions for— cancelling voter registration, if necessary pursuant to paragraph (4); and correcting any erroneous information in the individual’s voter registration record.
A State may not refuse to register a newly naturalized citizen under this section on the grounds that the individual is younger than 18 years of age on the date on which the Secretary receives information with respect to the individual if the individual is at least 16 years of age on such date.
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